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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 16, 2024, 3:38 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 16, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2024, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
187 WHUS41 KCLE 160738 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 338 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-161545- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.240716T0900Z-240716T2000Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 338 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
2 follow-up statements
961 WHUS41 KCLE 161416 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1016 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-162000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240716T2000Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1016 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
730 WHUS41 KCLE 161957 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 357 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-162100- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240716T2000Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 357 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... Waves of 2 to 4 feet this evening will create a moderate risk of rip currents, with waves gradually subsiding through the evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 45 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 3:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 3:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 12 hr | |
| Jul 16, 4:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 59 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.